The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-02-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

Il
sus of 1880.
Cracker Puddings: One quart milk, /
three spoonfuls sugar. two eggs, four
crackers, salt, nutmeg. bake.-Iotcdo
Blade.
"A man who is mean enough to beat
. printer is mean enough to tickle his
nose with feather to save the ex-
pense of buying snuff - Ddnsc'tte
Breeze.
"A meeting was held recently in
Glasgow, Scotland. at which it was re.
solved to erect q monument to burns
Highland Mary on Castle Hill at
Dunoon.
"A single sheet OF paper az inches
wide and n miles long was made with |
out break in paper-mill at Water
town. N. Y, few days ago. The
sheet weighed 2,207 pounds. -Bufalo
Express.
"A deposit of pure asphaltum. from
fifteen to twenty feet thick, has been
discovered near Thistle Station. In
Utah. 1t is worth forty dollars a ton,
and the expense of mining is only forty
cents. Chicago Tribune.
The libel law of Texas is more
stringent than any of the other States
of the Union. A newspaper can be
sued in every county where it cIrcu-
lates, forcing it to keep staff of at
torneys distributed over the State
The prize of gold-headed cane
for the winner of fat mems race in
Pittsburgh was carried of by butcher,
who tips the beam at350 pounds. None
was permitted to start in the race
carrying less than 205 pounds.-Pas-
6urgh Post
"A physician of this city says that a
great deal of what passes for heart dis
ease is only mild dyspepsia; that
nervousness commonly is bad temper.
and that two-thirds of the so-called
malaria is nothing but laziness- -Phitd-
oelphia Record.
"A remarkable illustration of the
enduring quality of human hair may
now be seen in the British Museum.
where has been placed wig lately
found in q temple at Thebes. which Is
supposed to have been worn by an
Egyptian priest at a period not less
than three thousand four hundred years
ago.
"A lady at Newark sued her dress
maker for using sixty-eight yards OF
silk in dress, or for claiming to. 1t
was measured up before the jury and
founi to contain thirty-one yards, but
the Jury came to the conclusion that
any woman who would buy that much
elk for a dress deserved to have the
rats carry off half of it.--M r. Iete.
gram.
A Washington dentist says that a
man who is brave in battle is apt to be
coward in dentists chair. This
shows the effects of pride. A man on
battlefield has larger number oil
witnesses about him. while in den
lists chair he is practically alone.
is not hard to be brave when the eyes
of the world are on you, but in solitude
most men are towards. Washington
Critic. =.
MIR. Homespun was reading thrill
ing story of an accident winding al
with the expression, .'but before the.
could reach him the vital spark haa
fed" "A very pretty story" SAT-
Mrs. H., s.but what do you suppos
became of the fellow after he raj
awayp" Mr.. H.-"Fellow ran away
What fellow? What are you talking
about?" Mrs. H-"Why. that livel
fellow, the vital spark, as the pape
calls boston Transcript.
Washington society is said to b
laughing over remark of prominer
lady occupying one Of the most sps
cious mansions at the capital. Nc
long ago this lady was holding one
her regular afternoon receptions, whe
one of the company casually remarke
that she had tried about every thin:
but her residence continued to be owe
run with rats. The hostess replies
THAT is unfortunate. but my house
so small that l am troubled only VIII
mice" IN y. Nail.
General Beaver, Governor elect
Pennsylvania, during his recent car
paign was asked by colored editor
subscribe for the Pittsburgh Broada1
The price is 81 . year. General Bea
er handed the editor $50, expectiI
S19 in change. He was presented wi
the following: Received of Gener
Beaver. for twenty years subscriptio
$40" If you are dead the paper
still go on" said the colored man
the astonished General. -Philadclph
Call
m. Colladon, in paper to t
Academic des Sciences. suggests Il
the electricity so wildly illustrated
thunlerstorms is generated principa
by friction of air and water vap'
During q thunderstorm the rain-drc
formed in the storm-cloud desce
vertically to the earth, causing p
tial vacuum, which is replaced by
drawn in laterally and from upI
layers. The friction caused by {
movement is the principal cause OF
generation of electricity. - Etecfr'cs'
The force exerted by grow
plants is very great Fungi are &C